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Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Mitt Romney aide tells reporters to "kiss my ass" in Poland. Classy foreign policy preview.. -


An aide to Mitt Romeny told reporters to “kiss my ass” in Warsaw on Tuesday, as the Republican
candidate’s overseas trip draws to an end after days of negative headlines.

Traveling press secretary Rick Gorka lost his cool after reporters shouted questions at Romney as he walked to his car from Pilsudski Square in Poland. Romney had just laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

"Governor Romney do you feel that your gaffes have overshadowed your foreign trip?" one reporter yelled at the candidate, while another askedif he had a statement for Palestinians who were offended by his suggestion in Israel that the Jewish culture is superior.

When a reporter protested that the press hadn’t been allowed to ask Romney a question, Gorka lost it.

"Kiss my ass. This is a holy site for the Polish people,” he barked. “Show some respect."
He then told another reporter to “shove it.”

Gorka reportedly called reporters to apologize for his outburst.

The confrontation came after days of negative headlines about Romney’s trip, starting in London, where he ticked off some UK officials by questioning if the country was ready for the Olympics, as well as highlighting the shared Anglo-Saxon heritage between the U.S. and Britain.

U.S. reporters traveling with the Romney have also been frustrated about their lack of access to the GOP candidate.

Here's a transcript of the questions and Gorka's response:



Washington Post: "What about your gaffes?



Gorka: "Show some respect"




Researchers Develop Drug That Causes Blind Mice To Regain Vision... -


A team of University of California, Berkeley scientists has come up with an amazing discovery: a drug that temporarily restored some sight to blind mice.

“We’ve been very excited,” said lead researcher Dr. Richard Kramer.

Dr. Kramer and his team are part of group that discovered a chemical compound that offers hope to individuals who are born with an inherited form of blindness called retinitis pigmentosa or those who become blind because of age-related macular degeneration.

The UC Berkeley researchers studied mice born with a genetic mutation that causes blindness.

Some of the mice were injected with the treatment. These mice, when exposed to a bright light, showed a reaction: their pupils constricted. The pupils of the untreated mice showed no response.

Researchers call the chemical compound “AAQ”. The effects are temporary, but the scientists are already working on newer versions of the chemical that work for a even longer period of time.

“We could restore some level of visual function for up to 24 hours, usually less than 24 hours but the new compounds that we developed can restore function for many days up to two weeks at a time,” said Dr. Kramer.

How does it work? With some diseases that cause blindness, the light sensitive cells in the retina die off. This drug, when applied to the retina, harnesses other different, surviving cells to jump into action and do the job.

“We could make them respond to light,” said Dr. Kramer.


All three of Tom Cruise’s ill-fated marriages have come to an end when his wives were 33 years old -

All three of Tom Cruise's wives were 33-years-old when the marriages ended.

For Tom Cruise, 33 is an unlucky number when it comes to love.
All three of Tom Cruise’s ill-fated marriages have come to an end when his wives were 33, which just happens to be a significant number for the actor’s Church of Scientology.
The original membership organization for the controversial religious group, the Hubbard Association of Scientologists, was founded in Phoenix, Arizona, which lies on the 33rd parallel, Perez Hilton reports.
The number is also the known as the “Master Teacher,” which represents altruism and raising mankind’s positive energy in numerology, according to Seven Life Path.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tom-cruise-33-problem-split-3-wives-hit-age-number-meaning-scientology-article-1.1105588

Australia seizes record $525 million drug haul -

Australia seizes record $525 million drug haul - 

Australian police on Tuesday seized a record half a tonne of the drug ice and heroin worth up to $525 million hidden in a shipment of terracotta pots from Thailand.

Seven people, including four from Hong Kong, were arrested after a year-long investigation following a tip-off from U.S. authorities, police said.

The 306 kg of methamphetamine, also known as ice, was Australia’s biggest seizure of the drug, while the 252 kg of heroin was the nation’s third largest-haul of heroin.

“At the end of the day, there’s a lot of ‘Mr. Mediums’ and ‘Mr. Littles’ that work with ‘Mr. Big’,” Deputy Commissioner Andrew Colvin told reporters. “I think we’ve got a good combination of the people responsible for this importation.”

The drugs were found hidden in a shipment of 3,200 terracotta pots at Sydney’s Port Botany.

Those arrested were charged with conspiracy to import illicit drugs and holding a commercial quantity of illicit drugs. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in jail.

“We’re talking about a significant quantity of two separate types of substances which generally have different source countries,” Colvin said, adding the investigation was continuing and further arrests were possible.


11 Signs That Time Is Quickly Running Out For The Global Financial System -


#8 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble says that the rest of Europe will not be making any more concessionsfor Greece.
So is there any hope on the horizon?
So what is the solution?

But this is how things always go with fiat currencies.
There is always the temptation to print more.

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